Going Postal by Terry Pratchett Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Going Postal
Book Review: My first Pratchett novel, I loved it!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the first novel i read by Pratchett, i seem to have unearthed a great series of books and I'm looking forward to more from this hilarious and brilliant writer. I'm reading 'Making Money' now and will be going for 'Thud' next.Book Review: My first time, and it was great!
Summary: 5 Stars
Wowser, what a great ride. Fun-(to the 2nd power)-nnny! I laughed out-loud (odd thing to do on a quite flight, makes you feel a bit like one of the characters in this fabulous novel.
Highly recommend to those who enjoy great British humor, a whimsical other dimension historical plot, and oddly lovable characters.
Warning: If you do not understand why 17 different kinds of Cabbage meals would be uproariously funny, you probably will not enjoy the humor of this book.
On the other hand, if you love Monty Python, Faulty Towers, Benny Hill, and other great British comedic gods, you must add this to your bible verses immediately and read it religiously.
Book Review: One of the best Pratchett!
Summary: 5 Stars
Such an exceptionally fun, humourous and yet complex tale. A quick read and well worth it.Book Review: One of the strongest Discworld novels to date
Summary: 5 Stars
Although I enjoy all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels (I've read all of them in paperback except for the latest kid's one), some characters and settings I like more than others. I quite like the witches of Lancre and the wizards of Unseen University, for instance, while I'm lukewarm at best to Death.
But, perhaps because they're not being designed as franchise players, I seem to like Pratchett's standalone story characters best. Sure, we see that the journalists of The Truth are still around and there are enough references in the other books to let us know the events of Small Gods happened, but for the most part, those characters were created to stand on their own, and that focus, if that's the right word, really makes them shine for me.
And so it is that another one of Pratchett's apparently standalone works, Going Postal, has turned out to be one of my favorites, especially its condemned conman turned Postmaster General, the uncomfortably named Moist.
Pratchett has always had a real ear for conmen and hucksters, and Moist is an engaging protagonist faced by a series of obstacles, magical and mundane, including Discworld's heliograph system, the Clacks, finally taking center stage after being mentioned in several books.
The author also restrains himself, and doesn't throw too many ideas into the cooking pot at once. Other than giving Moist a very film noir femme fatale figure to relate to, the real world parodies and references are kept to a minimum this time, helping the book with its narrow focus.
Going Postal gets the highest possible recommendation for fans of Discworld, fantasy or, heck, stamp collecting.
Book Review: Prachett just gets better
Summary: 5 Stars
Moist von Lipwig has a choice. Everyone has a choice, but this one is very pressing for him in particular. He can choose certain death, or uncertain death.
He chooses the one that makes him a postman, and now he has to battle the evil corporation of Clacks operators to provide the favoured means of communication throughout the city.
The secret to Prachett's success I think, is his ability to create new characters that draw in the reader. Moist von Lipwig is my favourate character of them all.
What really stands out about Prachett is his mad, slap-stick humour. He is SO funny that by the time you reach a weak gag (and there aren't many of them!) you're in the mood to laugh at anything!